Guy Gruppie and Mhare Mouradian to Speak at Elevator Industry Group Meeting

January 16, 2012

LOS ANGELES--Murchison & Cumming Senior Partner Guy R. Gruppie and Senior Associate Mhare O. Mouradian recently spoke at the Elevator Industry Group (EIG) of Southern California's January meeting.

Mr. Gruppie is a longtime member of the National Association of Elevator Contractors and has represented manufacturers, maintenance companies and property owners in escalator and elevator litigation for more than 20 years. He has written and spoken extensively on related tort and trial matters, including "Anatomy of Elevator Accident Trial" at an NAEC plenary session. Mr. Gruppie is co-chairman of Murchison & Cumming's Specialty Tort and Emerging Risks practice group and a senior member of the firm's Product Liability and General Liability practice groups.

Mr. Mouradian is also a veteran of elevator and escalator litigation, and participated in the successful defense of an elevator accident case that received national media attention in 2009. Like Mr. Gruppie, he is a longtime member of the EIG and the firm's Product Liability and General Liability practice groups.

About the Elevator Industry Group of Southern California

The Elevator Industry Group Of Southern California is a not for profit association formed in 1947. The purpose of the group is to facilitate the common interests of the elevator industry and the public welfare by social interaction and bilateral information distribution. To learn more about the Elevator Industry Group, please visit http://elevatorindustry.com/.